{"id":172,"date":"2009-12-10T16:51:29","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T21:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.eastcree.org\/eastcree\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2019-11-23T06:04:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T11:04:42","slug":"inflections-diminutive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/southern-dialect\/nouns\/inflections-diminutive\/","title":{"rendered":"Diminutive Inflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

<\/a>Nouns with Diminutive<\/strong> Inflection<\/h1>\r\n
Observation<\/caption>\r\n
\u14a8\u1426\u146f\u14ab\u14d0<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nmuuhkumaan<\/td>\r\na knife<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14a8\u1426\u146f\u14ab\u14c2\u1525<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nmuuhkumaanish<\/strong><\/td>\r\na little knife<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

To say that something is small, the suffix -ish<\/strong><\/span> can be added to a noun.<\/p>\r\n
\u144c\u1426\u1455\u1434\u14d0<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\ntehtapuun<\/td>\r\na chair<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u144c\u1426\u1455\u1434\u14c2\u1525<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\ntehtapuunish<\/strong><\/td>\r\na little chair<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14a5\u144e\u1426\u148c<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nmitihchii<\/td>\r\na hand<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14a5\u144e\u1426\u148c\u1525<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nmitihchiish<\/strong><\/td>\r\na little hand<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u140a\u144e\u14bb<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\natim<\/td>\r\na dog<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u140a\u144e\u14a7\u1525<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\natimush<\/strong><\/td>\r\na little dog<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

For words that contain a -t-<\/span>, the -t-<\/span> sometimes becomes -ch-<\/span>:<\/p>\r\n
\u140a\u144e\u14bb<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\natim<\/td>\r\na dog<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u140a\u148b\u14a7\u1525<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nach<\/strong>imush<\/strong><\/td>\r\na little dog<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u1405\u1456\u1439\u14c8\u1505\u1484<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nutaapaanaaskw<\/td>\r\na sled<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u1405\u1491\u1439\u14c8\u1505\u146f\u1525<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nuch<\/strong>aapaanaashkush<\/strong><\/td>\r\na little sled<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14a6\u148b\u14f2\u14c8\u1426\u144e\u1484<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nmiichisuunaahtikw<\/td>\r\na table<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14a6\u148b\u14f2\u14c8\u1426\u148b\u146f\u1525<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nmiichisuunaahch<\/strong>ikush<\/strong><\/td>\r\na little table<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

The diminutive suffix -ish<\/strong><\/span> can also be added to verbs<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n
\u14a6\u148b\u14f2<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nmiichisuu<\/td>\r\nshe is eating<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14a6\u148b\u14f1\u1514<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nmiichisush<\/strong>uu<\/td>\r\nshe is eating a little<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

For More Information, see Stem Shapes<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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